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Black ink drawing on paper depicting a woman in a skirt and strip of cloth tied around her torso sitting on the edge of a mattress at a ¾ quarter profile with her knees up and hunched over reading a book in her lap, with another woman to her right in a slip, shoes, and sock laying against her with her legs spread, torso twisted to the left, and an elbow in the air. The background is not depicted. They are drawn with long fluid lines, with some hatch mark shading on the laying woman. It is initialed and dated in the lower left. The drawing is mounted with a windowpane mat.

Lili Andrieux was born Lili Sophie Abraham on October 10, 1914, in Berlin, Germany, to a wealthy, assimilated Jewish family. Her father was a respected notary. From 1933-37, she studied art at the Hochschule fur Kunsterzeichnung, the State College for Art Education, in Berlin. Admittance to the school was based on portfolio work and Lili was the only Jewish woman admitted to the school after Hitler's assumption of power in January 1933. She was not permitted to take her final exams in 1937 because of anti-Jewish laws. In 1938, she went to Paris to continue her studies at the Ranson Academie. It was at this time that she permanently adopted the surname Andrieux.

Soon after Germany invaded France in May 1940, Lili was taken to the transit center in Alencon, the Department of de L’Orne in Normandy. On June 4, she was transferred to Gurs internment camp in southwestern France near the Spanish border. In March 1941, Lili was moved to the Hotel Terminus du port in Marseilles, where women and children were held while waiting for visas and immigration permits. In September, she was transferred back to Camp de Gurs for two months, until November, when she was returned to the Hotel Terminus. While imprisoned, she created over 100 detailed drawings of the daily domestic life and the different groups held in the camps. An exhibit of her works was held in Aix-en-Provence in 1942, but they did not include scenes of the internment camp, as this was forbidden by camp regulations. On September 2, 1942, Lili was sent to the Family Reunion center in Les Milles internment camp, with the other women and children who had been held in hotels in Marseilles. She contracted typhus and was hospitalized in Aix-en-Provence. When she was discharged on September 26, 1942, she escaped and lived in hiding for the duration of the war with the aid of the resistance, which she joined.

On August 24, 1944, the German forces in France surrendered. Lili remained in Aix-en-Provence, working as a translator and multi-lingual secretary for the American Army and the US Graves Registration Command. In September 1946, she immigrated to the United States, leaving Marseille aboard the Athos II. She had been given a scholarship for the Museum School of Fine Arts in Boston. She married Ricardo Ester whom she had met in Camp de Gurs. Ricardo, born in Barcelona in 1916, was a refugee from Franco’s Spain, and had been a pilot for the Republic during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939.) They settled in San Diego, California, where Lili had a career as a commercial artist. Her work was occasionally exhibited and is owned by in the Lochamei HaGhetaot and the Bibliotheque Nationale, as well as the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Lili, 81, passed away on June 13, 1996, in San Diego. Ricardo, 88, died in December 2004, also in San Diego.

Two sided pencil drawing of women at Alençon transit center and women at Gurs internment camp drawn by Lili Andrieux, 26, who shared their experiences. Lili created over 100 detailed drawings of people and daily life in the internment camps where she was held from May 1940 - September 1942 in France. Alençon was a collection center for transport to Camp de Gurs in Vichy France. France was divided into two zones after surrendering in June 1940 to Nazi Germany: a German military occupation zone and Free France under the Vichy regime. Gurs, built in spring 1939 to hold refugees from Spain, became an internment center for Jewish refugees. Lili, originally from Berlin, moved to Paris in 1938. She was taken to Alençon in May 1940 and reached Gurs on June 4. From March 1941-September 1942, she was held in the Hotel Terminus in Marseilles waiting for a visa. She was then sent to Les Milles internment camp where she became ill with typhus. When she recovered, she escaped and, with the help of the resistance, lived in hiding until the end of the war in France in fall 1944. Lili was a translator for the US Army and US Graves Registration Command until emigrating to America in September 1946.

Drawing of women sitting on suitcases waiting to be transported from Alencon to Camp de Gurs drawn by Lili Andrieux, 26, who shared their experiences. Lili created over 100 detailed drawings of people and daily life in the internment camps where she was held from May 1940 - September 1942 in France. Alençon was a collection center for transport to Camp de Gurs in Vichy France. France was divided into two zones after surrendering in June 1940 to Nazi Germany: a German military occupation zone and Free France under the Vichy regime. Gurs, built in spring 1939 to hold refugees from Spain, became an internment center for Jewish refugees. Lili, originally from Berlin, moved to Paris in 1938. She was taken to Alençon in May 1940 and reached Gurs on June 4. From March 1941-September 1942, she was held in the Hotel Terminus in Marseilles waiting for a visa. She was then sent to Les Milles internment camp where she became ill with typhus. When she recovered, she escaped and, with the help of the resistance, lived in hiding until the end of the war in France in fall 1944. Lili was a translator for the US Army and US Graves Registration Command until emigrating to America in September 1946.

Drawing of a boy, arms around his knees, a prisoner in Gurs internment camp, by Lili Andrieux, 26, also a camp inmate. Lili created over 100 detailed drawings of people and daily life in the internment camps where she was held from May 1940 - September 1942. France was divided into two zones after surrendering in June 1940 to Nazi Germany: a German military occupation zone and Free France under the Vichy regime. Gurs, built in spring 1939 to hold refugees from Spain, became an internment center for Jewish refugees. Lili, originally from Berlin, moved to Paris in 1938. She was taken to Alençon in May 1940 and reached Gurs on June 4. From March 1941-September 1942, she was held in the Hotel Terminus in Marseilles waiting for a visa. She was then sent to Les Milles internment camp where she became ill with typhus. When she recovered, she escaped and, with the help of the resistance, lived in hiding until the end of the war in France in fall 1944. Lili was a translator for the US Army and US Graves Registration Command until emigrating to America in September 1946.

Two sided pencil drawing of women at Alençon transit center and women at Gurs internment camp drawn by Lili Andrieux, 26, who shared their experiences. Lili created over 100 detailed drawings of people and daily life in the internment camps where she was held from May 1940 - September 1942 in France. Alençon was a collection center for transport to Camp de Gurs in Vichy France. France was divided into two zones after surrendering in June 1940 to Nazi Germany: a German military occupation zone and Free France under the Vichy regime. Gurs, built in spring 1939 to hold refugees from Spain, became an internment center for Jewish refugees. Lili, originally from Berlin, moved to Paris in 1938. She was taken to Alençon in May 1940 and reached Gurs on June 4. From March 1941-September 1942, she was held in the Hotel Terminus in Marseilles waiting for a visa. She was then sent to Les Milles internment camp where she became ill with typhus. When she recovered, she escaped and, with the help of the resistance, lived in hiding until the end of the war in France in fall 1944. Lili was a translator for the US Army and US Graves Registration Command until emigrating to America in September 1946.

Ink drawing of a woman reading a book in Gurs internment camp by Lili Andrieux, 26, also a camp inmate. Lili created over 100 detailed drawings of people and daily life in the internment camps where she was held from May 1940 - September 1942. France was divided into two zones after surrendering in June 1940 to Nazi Germany: a German military occupation zone and Free France under the Vichy regime. Gurs, built in spring 1939 to hold refugees from Spain, became an internment center for Jewish refugees. Lili, originally from Berlin, moved to Paris in 1938. She was taken to Alençon in May 1940 and reached Gurs on June 4. From March 1941-September 1942, she was held in the Hotel Terminus in Marseilles waiting for a visa. She was then sent to Les Milles internment camp where she became ill with typhus. When she recovered, she escaped and, with the help of the resistance, lived in hiding until the end of the war in France in fall 1944. Lili was a translator for the US Army and US Graves Registration Command until emigrating to America in September 1946.

Ink drawing of a woman combing another woman's hair in Gurs internment camp by Lili Andrieux, 26, also a camp inmate. Lili created over 100 detailed drawings of people and daily life in the internment camps where she was held from May 1940 - September 1942. France was divided into two zones after surrendering in June 1940 to Nazi Germany: a German military occupation zone and Free France under the Vichy regime. Gurs, built in spring 1939 to hold refugees from Spain, became an internment center for Jewish refugees. Lili, originally from Berlin, moved to Paris in 1938. She was taken to Alençon in May 1940 and reached Gurs on June 4. From March 1941-September 1942, she was held in the Hotel Terminus in Marseilles waiting for a visa. She was then sent to Les Milles internment camp where she became ill with typhus. When she recovered, she escaped and, with the help of the resistance, lived in hiding until the end of the war in France in fall 1944. Lili was a translator for the US Army and US Graves Registration Command until emigrating to America in September 1946.

Ink drawing of a sleeping woman drawn in Gurs internment camp by Lili Andrieux, 26, also a camp inmate. Lili created over 100 detailed drawings of people and daily life in the internment camps where she was held from May 1940 - September 1942. France was divided into two zones after surrendering in June 1940 to Nazi Germany: a German military occupation zone and Free France under the Vichy regime. Gurs, built in spring 1939 to hold refugees from Spain, became an internment center for Jewish refugees. Lili, originally from Berlin, moved to Paris in 1938. She was taken to Alençon in May 1940 and reached Gurs on June 4. From March 1941-September 1942, she was held in the Hotel Terminus in Marseilles waiting for a visa. She was then sent to Les Milles internment camp where she became ill with typhus. When she recovered, she escaped and, with the help of the resistance, lived in hiding until the end of the war in France in fall 1944. Lili was a translator for the US Army and US Graves Registration Command until emigrating to America in September 1946.

Ink portrait of a seated woman drawn in Gurs internment camp by Lili Andrieux, 26, also a camp inmate. Lili created over 100 detailed drawings of people and daily life in the internment camps where she was held from May 1940 - September 1942. France was divided into two zones after surrendering in June 1940 to Nazi Germany: a German military occupation zone and Free France under the Vichy regime. Gurs, built in spring 1939 to hold refugees from Spain, became an internment center for Jewish refugees. Lili, originally from Berlin, moved to Paris in 1938. She was taken to Alençon in May 1940 and reached Gurs on June 4. From March 1941-September 1942, she was held in the Hotel Terminus in Marseilles waiting for a visa. She was then sent to Les Milles internment camp where she became ill with typhus. When she recovered, she escaped and, with the help of the resistance, lived in hiding until the end of the war in France in fall 1944. Lili was a translator for the US Army and US Graves Registration Command until emigrating to America in September 1946.

Ink drawing of an older woman reading a book outside drawn in Gurs internment camp by Lili Andrieux, 26, also a camp inmate. Lili created over 100 detailed drawings of people and daily life in the internment camps where she was held from May 1940 - September 1942. France was divided into two zones after surrendering in June 1940 to Nazi Germany: a German military occupation zone and Free France under the Vichy regime. Gurs, built in spring 1939 to hold refugees from Spain, became an internment center for Jewish refugees. Lili, originally from Berlin, moved to Paris in 1938. She was taken to Alençon in May 1940 and reached Gurs on June 4. From March 1941-September 1942, she was held in the Hotel Terminus in Marseilles waiting for a visa. She was then sent to Les Milles internment camp where she became ill with typhus. When she recovered, she escaped and, with the help of the resistance, lived in hiding until the end of the war in France in fall 1944. Lili was a translator for the US Army and US Graves Registration Command until emigrating to America in September 1946.

Ink drawing of women relaxing inside their barracks at Gurs internment camp by Lili Andrieux, 26, also a camp inmate. Lili created over 100 detailed drawings of people and daily life in the internment camps where she was held from May 1940 - September 1942. France was divided into two zones after surrendering in June 1940 to Nazi Germany: a German military occupation zone and Free France under the Vichy regime. Gurs, built in spring 1939 to hold refugees from Spain, became an internment center for Jewish refugees. Lili, originally from Berlin, moved to Paris in 1938. She was taken to Alençon in May 1940 and reached Gurs on June 4. From March 1941-September 1942, she was held in the Hotel Terminus in Marseilles waiting for a visa. She was then sent to Les Milles internment camp where she became ill with typhus. When she recovered, she escaped and, with the help of the resistance, lived in hiding until the end of the war in France in fall 1944. Lili was a translator for the US Army and US Graves Registration Command until emigrating to America in September 1946.

Two ink drawings, one of railroad tracks, the other of woman carrying a bucket in Gurs internment camp by Lili Andrieux, 26, also a camp inmate. Lili created over 100 detailed drawings of people and daily life in the internment camps where she was held from May 1940 - September 1942. France was divided into two zones after surrendering in June 1940 to Nazi Germany: a German military occupation zone and Free France under the Vichy regime. Gurs, built in spring 1939 to hold refugees from Spain, became an internment center for Jewish refugees. Lili, originally from Berlin, moved to Paris in 1938. She was taken to Alençon in May 1940 and reached Gurs on June 4. From March 1941-September 1942, she was held in the Hotel Terminus in Marseilles waiting for a visa. She was then sent to Les Milles internment camp where she became ill with typhus. When she recovered, she escaped and, with the help of the resistance, lived in hiding until the end of the war in France in fall 1944. Lili was a translator for the US Army and US Graves Registration Command until emigrating to America in September 1946.

Ink drawing of two wooden barracks drawn in Gurs internment camp by Lili Andrieux, 26, also a camp inmate. Lili created over 100 detailed drawings of people and daily life in the internment camps where she was held from May 1940 - September 1942. France was divided into two zones after surrendering in June 1940 to Nazi Germany: a German military occupation zone and Free France under the Vichy regime. Gurs, built in spring 1939 to hold refugees from Spain, became an internment center for Jewish refugees. Lili, originally from Berlin, moved to Paris in 1938. She was taken to Alençon in May 1940 and reached Gurs on June 4. From March 1941-September 1942, she was held in the Hotel Terminus in Marseilles waiting for a visa. She was then sent to Les Milles internment camp where she became ill with typhus. When she recovered, she escaped and, with the help of the resistance, lived in hiding until the end of the war in France in fall 1944. Lili was a translator for the US Army and US Graves Registration Command until emigrating to America in September 1946.

Ink drawing of a pensive middle aged woman drawn in Gurs internment camp by Lili Andrieux, 26, also a camp inmate. Lili created over 100 detailed drawings of people and daily life in the internment camps where she was held from May 1940 - September 1942. France was divided into two zones after surrendering in June 1940 to Nazi Germany: a German military occupation zone and Free France under the Vichy regime. Gurs, built in spring 1939 to hold refugees from Spain, became an internment center for Jewish refugees. Lili, originally from Berlin, moved to Paris in 1938. She was taken to Alençon in May 1940 and reached Gurs on June 4. From March 1941-September 1942, she was held in the Hotel Terminus in Marseilles waiting for a visa. She was then sent to Les Milles internment camp where she became ill with typhus. When she recovered, she escaped and, with the help of the resistance, lived in hiding until the end of the war in France in fall 1944. Lili was a translator for the US Army and US Graves Registration Command until emigrating to America in September 1946.

Ink drawing of severqal men dressing and relaxing inside a barracks drawn in Gurs internment camp by Lili Andrieux, 26, also a camp inmate. Lili created over 100 detailed drawings of people and daily life in the internment camps where she was held from May 1940 - September 1942. France was divided into two zones after surrendering in June 1940 to Nazi Germany: a German military occupation zone and Free France under the Vichy regime. Gurs, built in spring 1939 to hold refugees from Spain, became an internment center for Jewish refugees. Lili, originally from Berlin, moved to Paris in 1938. She was taken to Alençon in May 1940 and reached Gurs on June 4. From March 1941-September 1942, she was held in the Hotel Terminus in Marseilles waiting for a visa. She was then sent to Les Milles internment camp where she became ill with typhus. When she recovered, she escaped and, with the help of the resistance, lived in hiding until the end of the war in France in fall 1944. Lili was a translator for the US Army and US Graves Registration Command until emigrating to America in September 1946.

Ink drawing of a country landscape with the guard tower and barracks of Camp de Gurs in the distance drawn in Gurs internment camp by Lili Andrieux, 26, also a camp inmate. Lili created over 100 detailed drawings of people and daily life in the internment camps where she was held from May 1940 - September 1942. France was divided into two zones after surrendering in June 1940 to Nazi Germany: a German military occupation zone and Free France under the Vichy regime. Gurs, built in spring 1939 to hold refugees from Spain, became an internment center for Jewish refugees. Lili, originally from Berlin, moved to Paris in 1938. She was taken to Alençon in May 1940 and reached Gurs on June 4. From March 1941-September 1942, she was held in the Hotel Terminus in Marseilles waiting for a visa. She was then sent to Les Milles internment camp where she became ill with typhus. When she recovered, she escaped and, with the help of the resistance, lived in hiding until the end of the war in France in fall 1944. Lili was a translator for the US Army and US Graves Registration Command until emigrating to America in September 1946.

Ink drawing of a pregnant woman drawn in Gurs internment camp by Lili Andrieux, 26, also a camp inmate. Lili created over 100 detailed drawings of people and daily life in the internment camps where she was held from May 1940 - September 1942. France was divided into two zones after surrendering in June 1940 to Nazi Germany: a German military occupation zone and Free France under the Vichy regime. Gurs, built in spring 1939 to hold refugees from Spain, became an internment center for Jewish refugees. Lili, originally from Berlin, moved to Paris in 1938. She was taken to Alençon in May 1940 and reached Gurs on June 4. From March 1941-September 1942, she was held in the Hotel Terminus in Marseilles waiting for a visa. She was then sent to Les Milles internment camp where she became ill with typhus. When she recovered, she escaped and, with the help of the resistance, lived in hiding until the end of the war in France in fall 1944. Lili was a translator for the US Army and US Graves Registration Command until emigrating to America in September 1946.

Ink drawing of four women and a male visitor and young girl seated on an outdoor bench drawn in Gurs internment camp by Lili Andrieux, 26, also a camp inmate. Lili created over 100 detailed drawings of people and daily life in the internment camps where she was held from May 1940 - September 1942. France was divided into two zones after surrendering in June 1940 to Nazi Germany: a German military occupation zone and Free France under the Vichy regime. Gurs, built in spring 1939 to hold refugees from Spain, became an internment center for Jewish refugees. Lili, originally from Berlin, moved to Paris in 1938. She was taken to Alençon in May 1940 and reached Gurs on June 4. From March 1941-September 1942, she was held in the Hotel Terminus in Marseilles waiting for a visa. She was then sent to Les Milles internment camp where she became ill with typhus. When she recovered, she escaped and, with the help of the resistance, lived in hiding until the end of the war in France in fall 1944. Lili was a translator for the US Army and US Graves Registration Command until emigrating to America in September 1946.

Ink drawing of a woman reading a book drawn in Gurs internment camp by Lili Andrieux, 26, also a camp inmate. For Version I of this drawing see 1988.1.19. Lili created over 100 detailed drawings of people and daily life in the internment camps where she was held from May 1940 - September 1942. France was divided into two zones after surrendering in June 1940 to Nazi Germany: a German military occupation zone and Free France under the Vichy regime. Gurs, built in spring 1939 to hold refugees from Spain, became an internment center for Jewish refugees. Lili, originally from Berlin, moved to Paris in 1938. She was taken to Alençon in May 1940 and reached Gurs on June 4. From March 1941-September 1942, she was held in the Hotel Terminus in Marseilles waiting for a visa. She was then sent to Les Milles internment camp where she became ill with typhus. When she recovered, she escaped and, with the help of the resistance, lived in hiding until the end of the war in France in fall 1944. Lili was a translator for the US Army and US Graves Registration Command until emigrating to America in September 1946.

Ink drawing of a woman reading a book drawn in Gurs internment camp by Lili Andrieux, 26, also a camp inmate. For Version II of this drawing see 1988.1.18. Lili created over 100 detailed drawings of people and daily life in the internment camps where she was held from May 1940 - September 1942. France was divided into two zones after surrendering in June 1940 to Nazi Germany: a German military occupation zone and Free France under the Vichy regime. Gurs, built in spring 1939 to hold refugees from Spain, became an internment center for Jewish refugees. Lili, originally from Berlin, moved to Paris in 1938. She was taken to Alençon in May 1940 and reached Gurs on June 4. From March 1941-September 1942, she was held in the Hotel Terminus in Marseilles waiting for a visa. She was then sent to Les Milles internment camp where she became ill with typhus. When she recovered, she escaped and, with the help of the resistance, lived in hiding until the end of the war in France in fall 1944. Lili was a translator for the US Army and US Graves Registration Command until emigrating to America in September 1946.

Ink drawing of women washing outdoors drawn in Gurs internment camp by Lili Andrieux, 26, also a camp inmate. For Version II of this drawing see 1988.1.21. Lili created over 100 detailed drawings of people and daily life in the internment camps where she was held from May 1940 - September 1942. France was divided into two zones after surrendering in June 1940 to Nazi Germany: a German military occupation zone and Free France under the Vichy regime. Gurs, built in spring 1939 to hold refugees from Spain, became an internment center for Jewish refugees. Lili, originally from Berlin, moved to Paris in 1938. She was taken to Alençon in May 1940 and reached Gurs on June 4. From March 1941-September 1942, she was held in the Hotel Terminus in Marseilles waiting for a visa. She was then sent to Les Milles internment camp where she became ill with typhus. When she recovered, she escaped and, with the help of the resistance, lived in hiding until the end of the war in France in fall 1944. Lili was a translator for the US Army and US Graves Registration Command until emigrating to America in September 1946.

Ink drawing of woman washing themselves under an outdoor awning drawn in Gurs internment camp by Lili Andrieux, 26, also a camp inmate. For Version I of this drawing see 1988.1.20. Lili created over 100 detailed drawings of people and daily life in the internment camps where she was held from May 1940 - September 1942. France was divided into two zones after surrendering in June 1940 to Nazi Germany: a German military occupation zone and Free France under the Vichy regime. Gurs, built in spring 1939 to hold refugees from Spain, became an internment center for Jewish refugees. Lili, originally from Berlin, moved to Paris in 1938. She was taken to Alençon in May 1940 and reached Gurs on June 4. From March 1941-September 1942, she was held in the Hotel Terminus in Marseilles waiting for a visa. She was then sent to Les Milles internment camp where she became ill with typhus. When she recovered, she escaped and, with the help of the resistance, lived in hiding until the end of the war in France in fall 1944. Lili was a translator for the US Army and US Graves Registration Command until emigrating to America in September 1946.

Ink drawing of a child drawn in Gurs internment camp by Lili Andrieux, 26, also a camp inmate. Lili created over 100 detailed drawings of people and daily life in the internment camps where she was held from May 1940 - September 1942. France was divided into two zones after surrendering in June 1940 to Nazi Germany: a German military occupation zone and Free France under the Vichy regime. Gurs, built in spring 1939 to hold refugees from Spain, became an internment center for Jewish refugees. Lili, originally from Berlin, moved to Paris in 1938. She was taken to Alençon in May 1940 and reached Gurs on June 4. From March 1941-September 1942, she was held in the Hotel Terminus in Marseilles waiting for a visa. She was then sent to Les Milles internment camp where she became ill with typhus. When she recovered, she escaped and, with the help of the resistance, lived in hiding until the end of the war in France in fall 1944. Lili was a translator for the US Army and US Graves Registration Command until emigrating to America in September 1946.

Ink drawing of women washing clothes drawn in Gurs internment camp by Lili Andrieux, 26, also a camp inmate. Lili created over 100 detailed drawings of people and daily life in the internment camps where she was held from May 1940 - September 1942. France was divided into two zones after surrendering in June 1940 to Nazi Germany: a German military occupation zone and Free France under the Vichy regime. Gurs, built in spring 1939 to hold refugees from Spain, became an internment center for Jewish refugees. Lili, originally from Berlin, moved to Paris in 1938. She was taken to Alençon in May 1940 and reached Gurs on June 4. From March 1941-September 1942, she was held in the Hotel Terminus in Marseilles waiting for a visa. She was then sent to Les Milles internment camp where she became ill with typhus. When she recovered, she escaped and, with the help of the resistance, lived in hiding until the end of the war in France in fall 1944. Lili was a translator for the US Army and US Graves Registration Command until emigrating to America in September 1946.

Ink drawing of a woman reading a book drawn in Gurs internment camp by Lili Andrieux, 26, also a camp inmate. For Version II of this srawing see 1988.1.18. Lili created over 100 detailed drawings of people and daily life in the internment camps where she was held from May 1940 - September 1942. France was divided into two zones after surrendering in June 1940 to Nazi Germany: a German military occupation zone and Free France under the Vichy regime. Gurs, built in spring 1939 to hold refugees from Spain, became an internment center for Jewish refugees. Lili, originally from Berlin, moved to Paris in 1938. She was taken to Alençon in May 1940 and reached Gurs on June 4. From March 1941-September 1942, she was held in the Hotel Terminus in Marseilles waiting for a visa. She was then sent to Les Milles internment camp where she became ill with typhus. When she recovered, she escaped and, with the help of the resistance, lived in hiding until the end of the war in France in fall 1944. Lili was a translator for the US Army and US Graves Registration Command until emigrating to America in September 1946.

Ink portrait of three women drawn in Gurs internment camp by Lili Andrieux, 26, also a camp inmate. For Version II of this drawing see 1988.1.26. Lili created over 100 detailed drawings of people and daily life in the internment camps where she was held from May 1940 - September 1942. France was divided into two zones after surrendering in June 1940 to Nazi Germany: a German military occupation zone and Free France under the Vichy regime. Gurs, built in spring 1939 to hold refugees from Spain, became an internment center for Jewish refugees. Lili, originally from Berlin, moved to Paris in 1938. She was taken to Alençon in May 1940 and reached Gurs on June 4. From March 1941-September 1942, she was held in the Hotel Terminus in Marseilles waiting for a visa. She was then sent to Les Milles internment camp where she became ill with typhus. When she recovered, she escaped and, with the help of the resistance, lived in hiding until the end of the war in France in fall 1944. Lili was a translator for the US Army and US Graves Registration Command until emigrating to America in September 1946.

Ink portrait of three women drawn in Gurs internment camp by Lili Andrieux, 26, also a camp inmate. For Version I of this srawing see 1988.1.25. Lili created over 100 detailed drawings of people and daily life in the internment camps where she was held from May 1940 - September 1942. France was divided into two zones after surrendering in June 1940 to Nazi Germany: a German military occupation zone and Free France under the Vichy regime. Gurs, built in spring 1939 to hold refugees from Spain, became an internment center for Jewish refugees. Lili, originally from Berlin, moved to Paris in 1938. She was taken to Alençon in May 1940 and reached Gurs on June 4. From March 1941-September 1942, she was held in the Hotel Terminus in Marseilles waiting for a visa. She was then sent to Les Milles internment camp where she became ill with typhus. When she recovered, she escaped and, with the help of the resistance, lived in hiding until the end of the war in France in fall 1944. Lili was a translator for the US Army and US Graves Registration Command until emigrating to America in September 1946.

Ink drawing of a women sewing drawn in Gurs internment camp by Lili Andrieux, 26, also a camp inmate. Lili created over 100 detailed drawings of people and daily life in the internment camps where she was held from May 1940 - September 1942. France was divided into two zones after surrendering in June 1940 to Nazi Germany: a German military occupation zone and Free France under the Vichy regime. Gurs, built in spring 1939 to hold refugees from Spain, became an internment center for Jewish refugees. Lili, originally from Berlin, moved to Paris in 1938. She was taken to Alençon in May 1940 and reached Gurs on June 4. From March 1941-September 1942, she was held in the Hotel Terminus in Marseilles waiting for a visa. She was then sent to Les Milles internment camp where she became ill with typhus. When she recovered, she escaped and, with the help of the resistance, lived in hiding until the end of the war in France in fall 1944. Lili was a translator for the US Army and US Graves Registration Command until emigrating to America in September 1946.

Ink wash drawing of 2 women prisoners relaxing in Gurs internment camp by Lili Andrieux, 26, also a camp inmate. Lili created over 100 detailed drawings of people and daily life in the internment camps where she was held from May 1940 - September 1942. France was divided into two zones after surrendering in June 1940 to Nazi Germany: a German military occupation zone and Free France under the Vichy regime. Gurs, built in spring 1939 to hold refugees from Spain, became an internment center for Jewish refugees. Lili, originally from Berlin, moved to Paris in 1938. She was taken to Alençon in May 1940 and reached Gurs on June 4. From March 1941-September 1942, she was held in the Hotel Terminus in Marseilles waiting for a visa. She was then sent to Les Milles internment camp where she became ill with typhus. When she recovered, she escaped and, with the help of the resistance, lived in hiding until the end of the war in France in fall 1944. Lili was a translator for the US Army and US Graves Registration Command until emigrating to America in September 1946.

Ink drawing of a woman reading a book drawn in Gurs internment camp by Lili Andrieux, 26, also a camp inmate. For Version II of this srawing see 1988.1.18. Lili created over 100 detailed drawings of people and daily life in the internment camps where she was held from May 1940 - September 1942. France was divided into two zones after surrendering in June 1940 to Nazi Germany: a German military occupation zone and Free France under the Vichy regime. Gurs, built in spring 1939 to hold refugees from Spain, became an internment center for Jewish refugees. Lili, originally from Berlin, moved to Paris in 1938. She was taken to Alençon in May 1940 and reached Gurs on June 4. From March 1941-September 1942, she was held in the Hotel Terminus in Marseilles waiting for a visa. She was then sent to Les Milles internment camp where she became ill with typhus. When she recovered, she escaped and, with the help of the resistance, lived in hiding until the end of the war in France in fall 1944. Lili was a translator for the US Army and US Graves Registration Command until emigrating to America in September 1946.

Artist notes that this was probably executed in 1940/41 judging from her style and paper. It may have been drawn between March and September 1941 when she was interned at the Police Center of Hotel Terminus du Port in Marseille)

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